I was going to post along with the
SADF tank upgrades the fact that we needed to make changes to the
USA OOB concerning the
M1A2 ABRAMS SEP V4 that at the time I thought I saw there...must've been REAL tired when that happened. The good news we'll likely see that tank in the game I'm thinking around
mid/end 2023. Six prototypes have just or are very to be ordered with
evaluations to start in 2021.
In preparation of the above exercise I was going post refs that more importantly showed the
USA is going to the process of updating the
USMC M1A1 ABRAMS to the SEP V3 (No timeline given.) and have the
M1A1 tanks equipped with the
TROPHY APS which should start in about a year with
M1A2 (Likely SEP V3 first.) versions. So I'm just going to data dump my files here as I know what I'll need for the future already. I'll start with
the best and longest running ref on the
ABRAMS out there...
First the Tank:
https://www.army.mil/article/172984/...ound_at_a_time (OP TEST EVALUATION UNIT?)
https://www.army.mil/article/194952/...in_battle_tank (NOTE THE TOPIC AND DATE OF ARTICLE.)
https://www.army.mil/article/214733/...proving_ground (NOTE TESTING AND DATE OF ARTICLE)
THEY'RE STILL TESTING THE M1A2 SEP V3 ABRAMS AFTER 2.5 YRS!
That last stuck in my head for some reason last week, now I realize it wasn't about
SEP V4 as noted above but, the
SEP V3 which along with DID article I can't post now (508 Resource Limit Reached.)
APS:
http://armyrecognition.com/march_201...e_testing.html
https://www.army-technology.com/news...ps-technology/
https://www.armyrecognition.com/nove...ams_tanks.html
https://www.popularmechanics.com/mil...stems-by-2020/
https://www.army-technology.com/news...ded-munitions/
Other Protection Projects:
https://www.army-technology.com/news...st-protection/
And the
USA is testing the
NEW MIA1 SA just up the road from me at
Ft. Stewart. This should be an improvement on the M1A1 SA tanks we shipped to
IRAQ a few years back which I submitted at the time.
http://www.armyrecognition.com/april...e_us_army.html
http://www.armyrecognition.com/unite...res_video.html
We don't have them operational just got the DID article you REALLY need to read the "
August 03/17:" entry.
https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com...updated-02834/
I'm checking the OOB after this. And my notes, something not right to me now. Obviously I was away too long and lost track of things.
Regards,
Pat
